$2 million payout to minorities who faced "intrusive and intimidating compliance" sheriff visits [View all]

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click on this link to see what how minorities experienced "housing checks"

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The U.S. Department of Justice launched an investigation in 2011 into allegations that minorities -- particularly African Americans -- living in federally subsidized housing in the Antelope Valley were being harassed and discriminated against by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputieshttp://www.trbimg.com/img-51ce436b/turbine/la-122302-me-0329-avcrime-002-mrc-jpg-20130628/600/600x400 and county housing agency officials.

In a complaint filed in federal court, U.S. Justice Department officials alleged that the local governments had engaged in a "targeted campaign of discriminatory enforcement against African American [housing] voucher holders in order to discourage and exclude them and other African Americans from living in the cities."

The complaint alleged that the county housing authority and Sheriff's Department subjected black so-called Section 8 voucher holders to "more intrusive and intimidating compliance checks" than their white counterparts and also were more likely to terminate black residents' vouchers.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-antelope-valley-settlement-20150720-story.html